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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
6
A New York Herald piece recounts a youthful student of reptiles sharing practical notes on catching snakes, venom evidence, anti venom substitutes, and snake behavior. It covers rattlers efficiency in striking, venom delivery, feeding habits, habitat, and various species’ temperaments and digestion.
The Guernsey Wyoming Gazette quotes a local saying that gossip travels far and wide from Dun to Beersheba and stirs more trouble than many pests and calamities the nation has faced. It likens chatter to a humming bird with eagle wings and a voice like a fog horn.
Short items note Barre Vermont police spill 410 gallons of old wine valued at 4000 dollars. Other entries mention gypsy moth spread in Massachusetts, Longfellow House visitors in Portland, Smith County Kansas banner cats, German farmer Robert Hein’s oats yield, and the dates of great yellow fever epidemics. Benjamin Harrison birthplace sold to J W Willis of Newport News. Harrison was born in that house.
Mr Mansfield plans Don Carlos as his first production with unusually brilliant cast. Flossie Crane has an offer to star in The Girl From Coney Island. Mme Bertha Kalish signs to appear under Harrison Grey Fiske. A new drama The Shadow Behind the Throne by Alicia Ramsay and Rudolph De Cordova will be staged with Boxer uprising era scenes in China. Henry B Harris gains rights to Pierre and His People and will present Robert Edeson in a dramatization next season. Edeson will keep Strongheart through next season.
Senator Knox buys the trotting mare Attire at Valley Forge. John Winkler shows a two year old filly by Baron Dillon with 42 second trotting quarters. Mike Dwyer houses Redwood 2 10 and wins Walnut Hall cup at Lexington last fall. Frank Speikerman promotes Cavitte by Allerton 2 00 14. Major 2 18 31 bay gelding by Dr Hooker bought in New York by William Du Bois. Avenue by Mendocino dam Avena by Palo Alto readies for three year old classes.
A set of editorial quips from Chicago Post Chicago Record-Herald St Louis PostDispatch and Philadelphia North American touch on Japan Pullman emperor William and the Suez Canal fear of yellow fever and Asia’s potential risk The notes contrast satirically with current events and public concerns of the era.
A reflective aphorism column cites advice on money bravery and reading. It notes luck, coping with medicine, and friendship with a wry view on shared troubles and self memory.
The article notes that Japanese rulers historically used thumb and finger impressions on state documents. It describes Indian practice where natives use fingerprints to prevent land forgery and pensioners sign pension receipts with prints. It also clarifies Bertillon did not invent identification by fingerprints but advanced human measurement techniques.
A roundup of prominent individuals and moments: Sires and Sons charity aids street boys. juror William Davis of Beecher Tilton trial dies. Francis Younghusband granted a year off for British mission work. Politicians Barchfield, Hoch, and Andrew Carnegie cited in various contexts. aides and appointments announced, plus Canada’s Earl Grey predicting growth.
Governor Higgins urges women to vote asserting civic duty. The call prompts debate on gender roles and political influence as voters weigh proxies and representation in the current era.
A landlord, accused of abusing tenants, defends his policy of not allowing children in his flats in a letter to a New York newspaper. He argues children lack proper training and that parents would bear repair costs, shaping his view on the issue.
An English publisher, Arthur Cokney, opens a Rue de Richelieu shop to sell reputations to unknown authors. Pricing ranges from vague notoriety for a month at 100 dollars to twelve years of literary glory for 10 000 dollars, with portraits and public stunts included.
In l arls a photograph of a giant gorilla is displayed, described as recently killed. The beast weighed over 700 pounds and stood about seven and a half feet tall. Its chest and stomach were nearly bare while the shoulders and thighs bore thick, long hair.
The readable parts suggest notes on wine tasting and bottle handling with references to corking and waiting before use. No clear event or person is identifiable from the fragment.
A lady asks why her new cook Mary dons a veil. The cook replies she shields her complexion while cooking, saying she does not want it spoiled during the activity.
In a chatty quip from the Chicago News, Bifkins praises Windig as a born actor while noting Mifkins wonders if his speeches reveal nothing substantial once printed. The exchange highlights wit about public speaking and print.
In a Detroit Tribune item a reader recalls a line about how half the world lives and questions who said it. Parker responds that the speaker likely had no neighbors who were fat. The exchange hints at class divides and social observation.
A Chicago Record-Herald line quotes a man and a woman discussing endurance. The woman asks if a woman can endure more than a man and the man replies no. The remark centers on a wife listening to her husband speak.
A Washington Post report notes the father would accept ransom to recover his daughter after she was taken for a week. He remarks the bandits would pay him to return her.
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